【作者简介】 兹比格涅夫•赫贝特，一九二四年十月二十九日出生于利沃夫，一九九八年七月二十八日在华沙去世。波兰当代著名诗人、散文家、剧作家。赫贝特的创作题材广泛，既涉及欧洲古典文明的内容，也涉及对二战灾难的反思，更有对二战后波兰社会的批判与反抗。其创作的“科吉托先生”系列诗歌社会反响巨大。赫贝特本人曾获得波兰白鹰勋章以及二十余个文学奖项，他的作品被翻译成世界近四十种语言出版。从二十世纪六十年代末开始，赫贝特曾是诺贝尔文学奖的重要候选人之一。

【作者简介】 兹比格涅夫•赫贝特，一九二四年十月二十九日出生于利沃夫，一九九八年七月二十八日在华沙去世。波兰当代著名诗人、散文家、剧作家。赫贝特的创作题材广泛，既涉及欧洲古典文明的内容，也涉及对二战灾难的反思，更有对二战后波兰社会的批判与反抗。其创作的“科吉托先生”系列诗歌社会反响巨大。赫贝特本人曾获得波兰白鹰勋章以及二十余个文学奖项，他的作品被翻译成世界近四十种语言出版。从二十世纪六十年代末开始，赫贝特曾是诺贝尔文学奖的重要候选人之一。

◎ 作者简介： 詹姆斯·纳迪（James Nardi），美国伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-尚佩恩分校的生物学家，科学插画师，有机园艺践行者。 ◎ 译者简介： 桔梗，本名李婕妤，毕业于浙江大学材料系。2013年加入光合作用字幕组，多年来一直从事园艺视频的字幕翻译和校对工作。参与翻译的已出版作品包括《怎样观察一粒种子》《DK园艺智慧》等。

Slowly the morning sun lights up a graceful spring garden, warming the plants and animals that live there. Nestled on a tree branch, a tiny creature awakens. Then, stretching and spreading his wings wide, the hummingbird dances into the sunlight to begin his busy day.

Why did Marcel Proust have bonsai beside his bed? What was Jane Austen doing, coveting an apricot? How was Friedrich Nietzsche inspired by his 'thought tree'? In Philosophy in the Garden, Damon Young explores one of literature's most intimate relationships: authors and their gardens. For some, the garden provided a retreat from workaday labour; for others, solitude's quiet coun...(展开全部)

Slowly the morning sun lights up a graceful spring garden, warming the plants and animals that live there. Nestled on a tree branch, a tiny creature awakens. Then, stretching and spreading his wings wide, the hummingbird dances into the sunlight to begin his busy day.

Why did Marcel Proust have bonsai beside his bed? What was Jane Austen doing, coveting an apricot? How was Friedrich Nietzsche inspired by his 'thought tree'? In Philosophy in the Garden, Damon Young explores one of literature's most intimate relationships: authors and their gardens. For some, the garden provided a retreat from workaday labour; for others, solitude's quiet coun...(展开全部)

A novel in which enlightenment and sexuality, Elizabethan drama and contemporary comedy intersect richly and unpredictably. The events in this tale revolve around an eccentric family and the staging of a play about Elizabeth I.